Gignac
Gignac (Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Gignac (Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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• Name — Gignac • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason ville fr Gignac (Hérault).svg • Arrondissement — Lodève • Canton — Gignac • Insee — 34114 • Postal Code — 34150 • Mayor — Jean-François Soto • Term — 2020–2026 • Intercommunality — Vallée de l'Hérault • Elevation Min M — 28 • Elevation Max M — 286 • Area Km2 — 29.85 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Gignac (Ginhac) is a commune in the Hérault département in the Occitanie region in southern France.
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Its inhabitants are called Gignacois in French.
Sights
Sights
• Gignac Bridge over the river Hérault, completed 1810. • Church of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce • "Tour sarrasine" tower
Personalities
Personalities
• Antoine de Laurès (1708–1779), writer, friend of Voltaire, translator into French of Pharsalia by Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), and author of La fête de Cythère, a one-act opera created on 19 November 1753 at the Château de Berny. He lived in the Château de Gignac.
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